Louisiana Republican Party
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Republican Party of Louisiana
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| Chairperson | Roger F. Villere, Jr. |
| President of the Senate | John A. Alario, Jr. |
| Speaker of the House | Chuck Kleckley |
| Headquarters | 530 Lakeland Dr. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 |
| Student wing | College Republicans |
| Youth wing | Young Republicans Teenage Republicans |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
| Colors | Red |
| United States Senate delegation |
2 / 2
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| United States House of Representatives delegation |
6 / 7
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| Executive Offices |
6 / 7
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| Louisiana State Senate |
25 / 39
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| Louisiana House of Representatives |
58 / 105
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| Website | |
| http://www.lagop.com | |
The Republican Party of Louisiana is the U.S. state of Louisiana's organization of the national Republican Party. The state chairman is Roger F. Villere, Jr., a businessman from Metairie in Jefferson Parish, who has been repeatedly re-elected since 2004. Since the late 20th century, white conservatives in the states have mostly shifted to the Republican Party from the Democratic Party. As of 2016[update], every statewide elected official in Louisiana, with the exception of the governor, is a Republican.
The Republican Party of Louisiana was founded as the "Friends of Universal Suffrage" on November 4, 1865, by a group of whites, free men of color, and newly emancipated freedmen led by Benjamin Flanders. He had been an Alderman of New Orleans from 1847 to 1852. Constitutional amendments after the American Civil War granted citizenship and suffrage to freedmen, most of whom affiliated with the Republican Party that had gained their freedom. Among the achievements of the biracial state legislature during the Reconstruction era was founding public education and some charitable institutions.
Threatened by black majorities in several areas and unhappy with the outcome of the war, white insurgents challenged voting by blacks, and elections were increasingly disrupted by violence and fraud in the period of 1868 through the Reconstruction era. Chapters of the White League arose across the state in the 1874 as a white militia that worked for the Democratic Party to achieve the overthrow of the Reconstruction government. Notable extreme events of white violence against blacks in this period were the Colfax Massacre and the Coushatta Massacre. In addition, armed Democratic forces of the White League occupied New Orleans and took over state offices (then located in the city) after the disputed gubernatorial election of 1872.
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